I
cherish the copy of Cinq Maisons that I bought by mail from
Vaughn’s Stationery, Ltd., Windsor, Nova Scotia. It was written by Pearl
Cochran Brown and the full title is The Story of Cinq Maisons and
Georgefield *** Winkworth *** Mantua and Reminisences. Pearl
descended from both David and Mungo Dill. It must have been written over
a considerable period of time but she notes it was finally finished in
1975.

As I’ve
done more research I’ve discovered that what is probably family
tradition regarding the early Dills and Cinq Maisons is incomplete and
incorrect. It is to correct these errors and omissions that this work is
written.

A few
of the corrections are noted here:

David
Dill’s wife was Jane Walker and not Jane Smith and they were married in
Halifax in 1774 and not in Ireland.

All of
the children were born in Nova Scotia and not Ireland.

The
Dills (David, John and Mungo) received a land grant of 1000 acres in
1784, land on which they apparently had been living. It is not Cinq
Maisons.

David
Dill rented Cinq Maisons from Michael and Margaret Scott (the son and
wife and heirs of Colonel Joseph Scott) for a period of 30 years in 1802
.

David’s
children John, William, Alexander and Joseph bought Cinq Maisons from
the Scotts in 1811. Mungo and John were never part of Cinq Maisons but
resided on their land grant.

Jane
(no records) married Nathaniel Smith. Pearl listed his children.

David
(lost at sea) married Rebecca McLatchy and had children.

Joseph
(possibly the Falmouth Dills) married Ann Christie and resided in
Windsor.

Patience (no records) married Joseph Clark Caldwell.

But I
still cherish my little book and shall be forever indebted to a
courageous lady who had the inspiration, courage and fortitude to set
forth the story of the Dill brothers of Nova Scotia. Thanks, Pearl.

Clermont, Florida

January, 2004.

Descendants of David,
John and Mungo Dill

Background

How and when the Dill brothers came to Nova Scotia has not yet been
revealed by the records so far examined. The Gateway to the Valley
says that the Dills were headed from Ireland to Philadelphia in 1769 and
were shipwrecked on Sable Island. The ship Admiral Hawke, bound for
Philadelphia with passengers from Londonderry Ireland, foundered off
Sable Islandin 1769 and was forced to put in at Halifax. Several
passengers decided to stay; among them were the Hunters, McHeffys,
Allisons, McGees and Millers. Perhaps the Dills too but we just don’t
know.

There was a Joseph Dill who, with several others, received a 100,000
acre land grant in Granville on 30 October 1765. Permission was granted
to J. Dill heirs to alienate the land to J. Farnsworth on 2 July 1768.
This suggests that Joseph died soon after receiving the grant. There was
a Daniel Dill in Granville in the 1770 census, perhaps one on the heirs
of Joseph. It may be that David, John and Mungo were also heirs of
Joseph’s and moved on the Windsor.

Tracing others in the group with Joseph that received the land grant
might lead to a common origin for the group. Those in the group whose
names begin with “D” are John Davis, John Duport, Jr., Robert Duport,
Edward Day, Arthur Day, Thomas Day and Elisha Delaway. Only the Duports
have been traced and they are from England.

That the Dills came from Ireland seems to be born out by census data
where in 1817 Mungo has 2 people in his family and 2 are Irish. Neither
David nor John appears in that census but David’s sons David and Alex do
and each has an unknown Irish person living with them. The family names
are similar to those of the David Dill family of Fanet (Fanad) in County
Donegal, Ireland. That David had sons John and David (and perhaps others
as birth control and abstinence were not widely practiced in the 1600s)
and the fact that the names William, David, Alexander and John continue
in that family indicates a possible connection. That family included a
Samuel whose son Robert was in Windsor as early as 1770 but moved to
Londonderry, Nova Scotia where he, with others received a grant of
44,500 acres. One of the others was John Denny, possibly his
father-in-law. Burkes Landed Gentry of Ireland only shows four children
for Samuel, two boys and two girls; if correct that removes the
possibility that they were brothers of Robert.

There are Dills in Scotch Village in the 1871 and 1881 censuses. James
was born about 1802 and William about 1807. Their children are listed in
the census living in Scotch Village. They do not fit into what we know
about David or Mungo Dill and perhaps they are grandchildren of John
perhaps through James who appears in several land transactions and is
probably a son of John’s.

Other Dills that we have no information on include Eleanor Dill, left a
bequest by Daniel Frizzel, possible a daughter that married a Dill.
Sarah Dill, born about 1816, married Thomas Moore.

Marriages

The first Dill record that we find is that of a marriage bond between
John Dill and Elizabeth Walker dated 13 July 1773 and the subsequent
marriage of them at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia
on 30 July, 1773 by Reverend Neal. Next we find a marriage bond between
David Dill and Jane Walker dated 3 January 1774 and the marriage on the
same date performed by Reverend Neal at St. Paul’s in Halifax. These
records raise some questions. Why marry in Halifax which is a full day’s
ride away? And did they marry in an Anglican Church because of their
Wives? While we don’t know the parentage of the Walker women, we assume
that they were sisters and probably English. According to Gateway to
the Valley there was only a non-denominational church in Windsor
starting in 1771.

Mungo was bonded to Rachael Forswell on 16 April 1779. A search of
censuses and other records fails to reveal a Forswell family in Nova
Scotia and it seems generally accepted that the name Frizzel was meant
and spelled improperly by the clerk. There were Frizzels in the area at
the time.

Land Transactions

Where the Dill’s lived with their new wives has not been revealed in the
records. Probably they lived on the land later granted to them that was
originally granted to Keithly Day on 12 October 1765 and escheathed in
1781. That land was then granted to David, John and Mungo Dill dated 9
July 1784 and consisted of two lots of 500 acres each. The land
description reads “Beginning at a stake and stones in front of John
Dill’s house....”. Thus it would seem that the Dill’s had occupied the
land and built on it before acquiring it by grant. This is the land
shown in Cinq Maisons with the implication that it is the farm
called Georgefield that was granted to Joseph Scott and sold to the
Dills but it clearly is not. (See Figures 1 and 2)

Figure 1 Land granted the Dills on 9 July 1784.
This is not
Cinq Maisons (Georgefield).

The Scott land grants were many and to several members of the
Scott family. Colonel Joseph Scott, Winkworth Tonge and George Day
married the Cotnam sisters and each received numerous large grants. When
Joseph Scott died in 1800 he willed part of his property to his son,
Michael and part to his wife, Margaret (Cotnam) Scott. Joseph had agreed
to pay an annuity to a Charlotte Cotnam, spinster that

Figure 2Approximate location of
Georgefield relative to the Dills’ grant of 1784.

was to be paid from the rent of a certain property called “Margaret
Lands” paid by Nathaniel Smith. Son Michael Scott inherited the property
and the annuity and when Nathaniel Smith wanted to buy the property in
1802, Michael had to find another means to satisfy the annuity payments
to Charlotte so he negotiated a new annuity with Charlotte where it was
to be satisfied by rent from a lease he had negotiated with David Dill
dated 20 November 1802 for a property called Five Houses and now called
Georgefiield. It was to begin the first day of May in 1803 for ₤30 a
year paid semi- annually for a period of 30 years. Thus, it appears that
David Dill was the sole proprietor, but not the owner, of Georgefield.

On 20 October 1811 an agreement was reached between Margaret Scott and
John, Alexander, William and Joseph Dill to purchase two pieces of
property; one for £100 and one for £700. The first was described as
being along the St. Croix River between the old and new bridges and the
Old Road and the second as being ½ of the property formerly called Five
Houses and now called George Field. Both properties were described as
being in the “possession and occupation of David Dill by virtue of a
lease made and entered into by the aforesaid Margaret Scott and Michael
Scott said lease bearing the date of 20 November 1802 for 30 years...”.
While the wording in the two documents is virtually the same, the ½ of
the George Field sale described the lease as including a third party,
Samuel Mercer. It appears that Samuel was a lawyer who handled the trust
that passed some of Joseph Scott’s property to his wife and son. Samuel
Mercer and Daniel Wood were also parties to

Figure 3Georgefield partition of
1828.

the sale of the Margaret Lands to Nathaniel Smith.

So the Georgefield property passed to four of David’s five sons because
they bought it and not because he left it to them. Note that David’s
brother John and his half brother Mungo are in no way part of the
Georgefield property.

There was a further document called the “Deed of Partition” dated 10
July 1828 in which the Georgefield estate is divided among Alexander,
William and John Dill; Alexander takes the southern portion, William
gets the middle and John gets the northern part. Perhaps there was an
agreement in principle for Joseph to sell his portion to his brothers at
that time but that transaction was not made until 4 December 1839 in an
agreement signed by Joseph and his wife Ann and registered on 23
November 1842. Ann signed another agreement on 21 November 1842, by then
Joseph’s widow (Joseph died on 20 May 1840), in which she relinquished
all claims to Georgefield. That agreement was also registered on 23
November, 1842.

The layout of the Georgefield property as surveyed in 1828 is shown in
Figure 3.

David, John and Mungo jointly purchased part of a property known as “Lot
57" in the town of St. Croix. The part they bought was 3/4 of a lot
where the remaining part was owned by James Dill which he had purchased
of James Riley on 6 Jan 1808. He may have been a son of John Dill. In a
conveyance dated 3 November 1809, Mungo Dill of Falmouth, husbandman,
and his wife Rachael sold his part and also his share of the 1000 acre
grant to his 2 half brothers, John Dill, Senr of Ardoise Hill, yoeman
and David Dill, Senr of Georgefield. On 1 Jan 1810, John Dill, Senr of
Ardoise Hill and his wife Elizabeth sold his share of Lot 57 to his son
John Dill, Junr of the same place. One might guess from this that James
and John Junr are brothers but we have no other evidence to show that.

David and John Dill Junr sold 190 acres to George Johnson and on 14 Nov
1811, John Junr and James each sold to George Mosher, James selling 145
acres and John selling 23 acres, both transactions being recorded on the
same page in the deed register. Marriage bonds show John, Junr was to be
married to Sophia Barker in 1805. This may be Sophia Beckwith. In any
event, neither James’ nor John’s wife was asked to confirm the sale
which is unusual since almost all other sales required a Justice of the
Peace to verify that the wife concurred

Pursuing all of the land transactions is beyond the scope of this
document but the above serves to establish some of the background for
the ownership of Georgefield and it shows that John Dill had at least
one son , John, Junr and possibly two, James.

Legislative Assembly

The Dills appear to have left little for us to determine what their
lives were like. We do have the records of the Legislative Assembly to
show us a few aspects of their life.

About 1800, Mr. Dimock presented a petition of John Dill and David Dill
requesting a sum of £22 11s 3d as Contractors for making a road around
Salt hill near Windsor.

In 1800, Nathaniel Smith (Jane Dill’s husband or father-in-law)
petitioned that he had been put to heavy expense and at present is
deprived of the Benefit of keeping a House of Entertainment for
Travelers in consequence of an alteration being made to the publick Road
through his land to the Bridge over the River st. Croix. He was granted
£25.

In 1802, the House refused to pay Mungo £15 but did pay him that amount
in 1803 for work performed by him on the road near Palmer’s Lane leading
from the Three Mile Plain to the Avon Bridge, in Windsor.

On Monday, 2 July 1804, Mr. Dimock read petitions from John Dill,
Lodowick Hunter and James Hunter praying relief in consequence of an
injury they sustained by the new Road being made over Ardoise Hill.

On Tuesday, 10 July 1804, Mr. Dimock presented a petition of Nathaniel
Smith and Lodowick Hunter to be relieved from the strict performance of
their contract for making a new road over the Ardoise Hill. The House
resolved itself into a committee of the whole and resolved to make an
application to his Excellence, the Lieutenant-Governor that he would be
pleased to prosecute them and that they should pay the cost of the
prosecution and enter into a bond for £500 to insure completion of the
job.

On Friday, 13 December 1805, an account for repairing of two Bridges on
the road leading from Halifax to Windsor (by order of the Lieutenant
Governor) by Lodowick Hunter and Nathaniel Smith was entered for £8 and
was tabled.

On Monday, 6 January, 1806 a report was read that a committee had
inspected the road and requested a few corrections including raising the
causeway near James Card’s farm but relieved them from the penalties of
their contract.

On Monday, 5 December 1808 a petition by John and David Dill praying
relief for an injury suffered by the new road over Ardoise Hill running
through part of their land.

David Dill (Jr.) was seated as a member and remained a member until it
was reported on Friday 8 February 1833 that he was reported to have left
in August 1831 for Grenada and left there on the 22 October 1831 and has
not since been heard from – and that administration has begun on his
estate. It was resolved that the seat of David Dill be be declared
vacant–.

In the subsequent election, his brother Joseph ran for his seat but when
the election ended in a tie Lewis Morris Wilkins was declared the
winner.

Poll Taxes

The Dills were taxed and we can learn a bit about them from those
records. In the Poll Tax of 1791-1793, David appears as a farmer having
more than 5 meat cattle and horses. And was taxed 5 shillings. John and
Mungo are both laborers and are taxed 1 shilling each. In the Poll Tax
for 1793, David is a farmer having 27 cows and oxen, 4 horses and 14
sheep. John is a farmer having 7 cows and one horse. Mungo is a farmer
having 2 cows and 1 horse.

We see the same results in 1794 except Mungo is back to being a laborer
and in 1795 Mungo is a farmer again and has 3 cows, 1 horse and 5 sheep.

Hants County conducted a census in 1817 that listed returns for John,
David, Mungo and Alexander. If we assume that the deed partition on 10
July 1828 above was a confirmation of how the Georgefield estate was
divided among the buyers then we have John in the northern most part,
William in the middle and Alexander in the southern most part and
perhaps that’s how it was for the 1817 census.

JOHN

John is listed as having 2 men, 16 to 50, 3 boys, 1 woman, 2 girls and
none are Irish. Whether this is John brother of David or John, son of
David is resolved by the lack of a male over 50 and no Irish people.

One of the men is John, the other could be Joseph who is unmarried but
we don’t know.

The woman must be Rachael Smith.

3 boys are William, Timothy Smith and perhaps John or Charles about whom
we know nothing.

2 girls are Mary Ann and perhaps Elizabeth about whom we only know she
died young in 1727.

None are Irish.

DAVID

David has 1 man above 50, 1 man 16 to 50, 1 boy and 2 women.

This must be David Jr. since David Sr died in 1816. But William was
given the middle portion of Georgefield and he doesn’t appear in the
census. Cinq Maisons tells us that William had consumption and
had to go to Bermuda so perhaps he was absent during the census. David
Jr. was unmarried and probably living in his father’s house.

The one man above 50 we can’t identify.

1 man 16 to 50 would be David.

1 of the 2 women would be his mother, Jane and the other, perhaps one of
his sisters, Patience. Mary or Elizabeth.

1 is Irish and that is likely to be the man over 50. Perhaps that man is
David’s uncle John who doesn’t otherwise appear in the census.

He is obviously above 50 and Irish. Rachel Frizzel must be one of the
women and Irish.

The other woman was probably 20 year old Nancy.

Catherine (age unknown but probably youngest) could be the girl.

Who are the two boys? Daniel was married before 1807 but does not appear
elsewhere in the census. George has his own entry.

ALEXANDER

Alexander has 3 men above 50, 1 boy, 3 women and 1 is Irish.

Alexander is one of the men. He was not yet married so all of the others
remain a mystery. They could include his sisters Elizabeth, Mary or
Patience who are single. Sister Jane was married with 5 children by
then.

Missing from the census are David’s brother John and his male children.
In a Genforum post, James Clarkson Dill tells us that 2 of John’s
sons went to Maryland to take up ship building, one of them being John
whose children before 1816 were born in Nova Scotia and those after, in
Maryland. Indeed, there are a James and John Dill living side by side in
the 1820 census for Caroline County, Maryland. They do not appear in the
1810 census and in 1830, James has moved within the same county and John
has remained where he was. We saw James Dill and John Dill Jr. sell
property in 1811 and perhaps they were preparing to move to the States.

Wills and Probate

David, John and Mungo appear to have left no wills or probate records.
There are dozens of microfilm rolls entitled “Loose Wills and Petitions”
for Hants County and the records for the period around January, 1816,
the time of David’s death have been examined but no records were found.
Their wives also left no record. We do have records of David’s and
Mungo’s descendants and they provide us with the best information about
their family make-up. For each individual detailed below, existing
probate records and wills will be presented..

Hants County Wills
and Probate

William Hunter 251 A son of
Lodowick David Hunter and Jane Sophia Gilmore.

Bond was signed by Lodowick Hunter and David Dill 29 August 1827.
Estate was worth 107£ 4s 31/2p.

James Hunter 283A and
308A A son of David Hunter and Margaret Martin, married Hannah
Kennedy.

Executors to be Lodowick Hunter, Daniel Was?, Weir?, Richard
McHeffey and Hannah Hunter. In 308A the action for which I could not
read there were signatures of Alexander Dill, J. DeWolfe, John Riley
and others.

James Hunter 296A, 308A

Cannot read will. Inventory signed by John Zach, David Scott and
James Robertson amounted to 167£ 7s 9p. Debts totaled 58£ 8s 7p.

David Dill 315A A
son of David Dill, the immigrant.

First there is an account of Joseph and John Dill (brothers
although not so stated) which is not readable. Next is a partially
readable account from the widow, Rebecca Dill describing David’s
last journey and presumption of death at sea. See Rebecca Dill
below,

Lodowick Hunter 387A A son of
David Hunter and Margaret Martin, married Jane Sophia Gilmore.

Bequests were made to Alexander Dill, _______Sweet, James
Kennedy, grandson Samuel Sweet and son George. Couldn’t read it all.
It was signed 27 Jan. 1838. In 1902, Benjamin Scott wrote to the
court that the original executors, John Jakes and David Scott were
both dead and he was successor executor.

Comment: Son William (see
above) married Mary Ann Kennedy, daughter Margaret married William
Dill, father of Alexander, Rachel Jane married Benoni Sweet, father
of Samuel Sweet.

Rebecca Dill 479A Widow
of David Dill. Jr.

Very faded and hard to read. She had 7 parcels of land including
a farm at Newport, Hard Plaister at Falmouth, land and buildings in
Windsor, White Quarries, Prospect Quarries.
While much of it is unreadable, the following is clear:
Rebecca left her estate to be equally divided between her three sons
and her daughter, Rebecca. The sons are named but only William is
reasonably clear. The sons could well be James and David The
inventory was signed by Benjamin DeWolfe and Edward McLetchy. She
appointed the Reverand Joseph Murdock and Mr. William Metzler
executors. Witnessed by Edward and Charlotte McLatchy and
(unreadable).

Comment: Edward and
Charlotte (Calkin) McLatchy as witnesses may be a clue to the
identity of Rebecca. Edward, son of John McLatchy and Rebeckah
Morrison was born in Windsor in 1804. He had an older sister named
Rebeckah born 19 November 1787 and she could very well be the widow
of David. Her will was probated on 5 January 1846 and Rebeckah
McLatchy died on 28 December 1845. See John McLatchy below for
further proof. Further, in the Vital Records from newspapers there
is a Rebecca Dill, widow of David who died 28 December, 1845. See
also the Dill Family Bible which proves all of the above.

James Dill Probate
Docket 1323A

Susan, widow and Charles A. Dill states that James published a
will.

Will: To dau Mary, one
acre of Marsh in Kings meadow left by my grandmother. The rest of my
estate to go to my wife, Susan. Dated 1 Aug. 1882.

Susan (DeWolfe)
Dill Probate Docket 1499A. Widow of James.

Estate was valued at $2151.45. Left bequests to sons Robert, of
Falmouth; James, George and Charles A. Dill and daughters Florence
Dill and Mary Martin. The executor was William DeWolfe. Dated 15
Sept 1886.

Alexander Dill Probate
docket 1892A Son of Newton, son of Daniel

Alexander died intestate and a petition describing his lawful
heirs was submitted by Rebecca Cochrane, wife of James Cochrane of
St. Croix, master mariner; Elizabeth Sanford, wife of Edmond
Sanford, farmer; John W. Dill, Windsor, farmer; and Jessie L.
Murphy, wife of Oscar Murphy of Scotch Village. Heirs at law are the
above plus Joseph Dill, David Dill and George William Dill of St.
John, N.B. He left no widow or mother or father.

Wife is Margaret and has sons John, Hugh and George and daus Ann
Tullock, Mary McCormack, Eleanor Dill, Sarah Snide and Margaret.
Also mention grandson Alexander McCra and Hugh’s dau Margaret. Will
was written 12 December 1795.

Comment: The IGI shows a
marriage of Margaret Crowe to Daniel Frizzel in November 1772, dau
of James Crowe and Sarah. A Daniel McCra signed the marriage bond
for John Dill and Sophia Barker (Beckwith?) on 16 February 1805.

John Smith Will Book
Vol 1, Page 127

Registered 18 Oct 1808

John had a wife Isabella, sons Francis, Joshua and William and
daus Rebecca, Mary, Jane, Elizabeth, Isabella, Eals?, and unmarried
daus Martha and Margery

Margaret Scott Will Book
Vol. 2, Page 6

Registered 17 March 1825

She left to Henriette Maira the mortgage income from the
Georgefield property due from John, Alexander, William and Joseph
Dill. Other bequests but none mention Dills.

Comment: Margaret Scott
was the widow of Colonial Scott who acquired Cinq Maisons (Georgefield)
and put the Dills on it. They arranged to purchase in in 1784 so the
mortgage was being paid over a long period of time. The original
mortgagees, David, John and Mungo have long since been dead.

John Walker Will Book
Vol. 2, Page 117

Registered 31 January 1832. John Walker of Falmouth.

John had a wife Frances, sons Patrick and Robert and daughter
Jane Inglis, wife of Charles Inglis.

John McLatchy Will Book Vol.
2, Page 120

Registered 13 March 1832, John McLatchy of Windsor, farmer.

To wife Rebecca, half of the house and garden where he now
dwells. To son Thomas, the farm where he now lives. Also, Scott’s
marsh. To son Edward , the Kilcup farm and the Campbell Marsh and
also the land purchased fro William Christie and half of the
plaister quarries in Windsor and Falmouth. To sons John and James,
the farm where they reside in New Brunswick. To daughter Rebecca
Dill, wife of David Dill, all of the land on the south side of the
road leading from Windsor to Winckworth which he purchased from Jim
Campbell, about 100 acres. Also one half of the quarries in Windsor
and Falmouth. He also mentions daughters Jane Harris and Mary
Harris. He appointed Rebecca Dill and his son-in-law David Dill to
be executors.

James Smith Will Book
Vol. 2, Page 149

James Smith leaves his mother, brother Alexander and sins-in-law
David Wiley and Samuel Palmer.

William Smith Will Book
Vol. 2, Page 255

Registered 5 September 1838. William Smith of Windsor.

Mentions children without naming them. Mentions brother Robert,
wife Sarah and appoints Nathaniel Smith and John Dill as executors

Joseph Dill Will
Book Vol. 2, Page 277

Registered June 1840. See the will of Ann Dill, Will Book Vol. 4,
Page 266.

Mentions wife Ann and daughter Annabel (now under 21) and two
sons, James and Alexander. The will was witnessed by William
Metzler.

Florence Dill Will Book
Vol. 2, Page ?

Florence died intestate and unmarried. She left four surviving
brothers; James, George, Robert and the petitioner, Charles A. Dill.

Rebecca Dill Will Book
Vol. 3, Page 43

Rebecca’s will is listed above (Probate Docket 479A) as taken
from the probate papers. This will is much clearer and the only
addition to the above is that she stipulates that the inheritance is
effective when he reaches the full age of 21 without stating which,
if any, of her children were not that old.

Alexander Dill Will Book
Vol. 3, Page 109 Son of David

Registered 25 May 1857

Calls wife Mary R. Dill. Gives estate to nephew David Scott.
Mentions Wm Dill son of Wm., Mary Hunter, daughter of James and he
makes David Scott, son of John Scott and Nathaniel Smith, execs. It
was witnessed by William Fish, Joseph Coon and James Edwards.

William Dill Will Book
Vol. 3, Page 136 (Docket 555A)

Registered 8 December 1853. Made bequest to wife, Margaret.
Mentions daughter Jane Scott and Alexander Dill. Also mentions sons
Wm. and John. Makes a bequest to his niece, Margaret Smith.
Witnessed by James Cochrane and William B. Dill

Joseph Dill Will
Book Vol. 3, Page 225

Joseph is of Rawdon. He leaves a wife, Mary and children Joseph,
Sarah Marie, Rachel, Francis, George, Susan. Mary A., John A.,
Nelson, Eunice and Betsey. He mentions his father, George.

John Dill Will
Book Vol. 4, Page 60. Docket 775AJohn, son of David the immigrant
married Rachel Smith.

Will proved 20 March 1862. He left all of his land to son
William. He left 50£ to son Timothy Smith Dill and 25£ to daughter
Mary Ann, wife of James Cochrane. He does not mention either John or
Charles Dill so it is presumed that they died earlier.

Left dwelling house to wife Ruth. Divides estate into 5 equal
parts for sons Newton and Nathaniel, daughters Elizabeth Martin and
Rebecca Cochrane and one part to the children of his late son,
Alexander.

Alexander Dill was a son of Daniel who departed this life leaving
5 children; Rebecca Dill, age 12; Laura, aged 9 (didn;t get the
others). W. H. Blanchard is appointed guardian of minor children of
Alexander Dill

Elizabeth Dill Will Book
Vol. 4, Page 173. Docket 860 Widow of Timothy Dill, son of John
Dill.

Registered 10 May 1867. Leaves to sons Nathaniel and Joseph and
daughter Margaret Jane who married Freman Harvie. Appointed David
Scott executor. Will written 27 March 1867.

Comment: Margaret died 8
July 1870, before the 1871 census and left a husband, son Edward and
daughter Zilphy. She is Patience Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Jane
Dill and Nathaniel Smith.

William B. Dill Will Book
Vol. 4, Page 177 (index says 179). Docket 865A. Wife is Elizabeth
(Fowler) Ross. Son of John, son of David.

Registered 27 August 1867. To wife Elizabeth he gave the farm and
at her death it goes to 2 sons, David Hudson and Joseph Timothy. Two
daughters to stay with wife until they marry. Son John Freeman to
stay with wife until expiration of Martin Mehany lease and to give
John the farm now leased to Martin Mehany. Mentions farm inherited
by wife Elizabeth. To daughter Mary Ann, $150, to Jessie Elizabeth,
Rachel Jane, Eliza Belle and Martha Ellen, $100. To Charles, $100
when 21. Sons David and Joseph to be apprenticed. Elizabeth to be
executrix and Elias Dimock, executor. Signed 11 August 1867,
witnessed by David Scott and Guy Hunter.

Ann Dill Will
Book Vol. 4, Page 261. Ann Christie, Widow of Joseph,
son of David

Registered 30 June 1871. Bequeathed to Ann Maria and Kate Ida
Caldwell, daughters of my daughter Ann Belle Caldwell, the place
where I now live. To Joseph Dill and Frederick, sons of my daughter
Ann Belle Caldwell, 2 acres of land. Also to Charles, son of my son
James. To son James she gives money to erect a tombstone for her
late husband, Joseph Dill and the children now buried along side
him.

William Edward Dill Will
Book Vol. 4, Page 484. Wife is Rebecca Meek. William is the son of
George, son of Mungo.

James Dill Will
Book Vol. 4, Page 576. Wife was Susan DeWolfe. Probate 1323A. Father
was Joseph, son of David.

Registered 30 August 1882. To daughter Mary Ann, 1 acre of land
given me by my grandmother. All the rest to wife Susan. Wife and son
Charles A. Dill to be executrix/executor. Signed 1 August 1882.

William Dill Will Book
Vol. 4, Page 614.

Registered 8 January 1884, written 14 September, 1883. Everything
to son Watson and he to pay Sarah M. Dill $500 and each unnamed
daughter, $50. His wife was Catherine. Watson Dill and Robert
Sutherland to be executors.

Anna Smith Will Book
Vol. 4, Page 629

Registered 3 November 1884.

To grandau Emeline Brightman. All cash to so Elisha Smith.
Bequests also to daus Rebecca Nelson wife of Scott Nelson and Lucy
Fish wife of George Fish, Emeline Dill widow of Daniel Dill and
Sharah Brightman widow of Isaih Brightman.

References:

Gateway to the Valley , Windor, Nova Scotia published by the
Centennial Committee, December, 1977.

The Story of Cinq Maisons, no publication information, Pearl
Cochrarn Brown, apparently published in 1975.